Fed Can’t Hold Bitcoin, No Plans Yet To Change Law, Powell Says

Jerome Powell, chair of the US Federal Reserve, recently dismissed speculations that the Fed may add Bitcoin to its reserves. At the end of the its two-day meeting, Powell stated that the Fed isn’t allowed to own Bitcoin and doesn’t desire to get involved in any government initiative to create a stockpile of digital assets.  […]

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Bitcoin Alert: Analyst Predicts New ‘Blood Monday’ With 0.50% Fed Rate Cut Looming

As Bitcoin (BTC) grapples with a challenging market environment, it has struggled to regain momentum, hovering around the $53,000 and $60,000 levels for six consecutive weeks.   After losing the crucial $70,000 threshold on August 1, the largest cryptocurrency remains at risk of further declines, particularly with the upcoming Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting on September 18, where a 0.

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Fed decision looms after US gov moves Bitcoin – here’s what to expect

The Fed's interest rate decision and DOJ's Bitcoin move could significantly impact crypto markets, highlighting the interconnectedness of monetary policy and regulatory actions. The post Fed decision looms after US gov moves Bitcoin – here’s what to expect appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Bitcoin in Q3: Does the Fed's rate stance mean trouble?

Market observers offer mixed signals on the Fed’s macro outlook impact on BTC and crypto.  BTC dropped to $67K after the Fed’s decision and threatened to post more losses.  Bitcoin [BTThe post Bitcoin in Q3: Does the Fed's rate stance mean trouble? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin price wobbles ahead of Fed’s rate decision

Bitcoin fell below $60,000 amid expectations of a hawkish Fed.

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Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, Bitcoin Awaits Trend Reversal Above $27,000

In a highly anticipated announcement for the overall cryptocurrency market and Bitcoin (BTC), the Federal Reserve (Fed) opted to maintain interest rates at their current level, ranging between 5. 25% and 5.

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Fed rate pause triggers traders’ pivot to stocks — Will Bitcoin catch up?

U.S. stock markets hit year-to-date highs, the Fed paused rate hikes, and Binance.US and the SEC reached an agreement, but data shows Bitcoin bulls remain somewhat skittish.

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Bitcoin stays flat at $26K after PPL data as markets await Fed’s Powell

BTC price action shrugs off the latest signs that inflation is receding, with Bitcoin traders focused on Fed comments.

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Bitcoin Cash price remains calm ahead of the Fed decision

Bitcoin Cash price has remained in a consolidation phase in the past few weeks. It remains significantly below the year-to-date high of $153. The Fed is expected to hike interest rates by 0. 25% and point to a strategic pause.

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FED To Put Off Interest Rate Hikes, Bitcoin Rallies: Here’s Why

Bitcoin is shaking off sellers of January 30, price action on late February 1 shows. The FED Raises Interest Rates The spark in BTC demand is because of Federal Reserve (FED) Chair Jerome Powell’s comments on the general economy and the central bank’s monetary policy stance going forward.

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Bitcoin's Upswing Is Reminiscent of 2019 Bull Revival

The action four years ago coincided with the Fed taking its foot off the tightening pedal. Bitcoin has rallied almost 40% in January and the Fed plans slower rate increases in coming months.

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Bitcoin Price Plunges as Fed Remains Hawkish

Bitcoin has dropped to lowest level since early October as Fed nears announcement of another massive rate hike

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Bitcoin 'nuke' warning as Fed rate hike decision looms — Dollar index hits 20-year high

Polls suggest that the Fed is likely to raise rates by 75 basis points as Bitcoin price clings to $19,000.

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Bitcoin price taps $21.3K ahead of Fed Chair Powell Jackson Hole speech

Daily lows greet Bitcoin traders as markets await fresh macro cues from the Fed.

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Bitcoin spikes above $22.2K as Fed votes for 75-basis-point rate hike

No surprises from the Fed as Bitcoin bulls see rewards for late longs with the press conference still to come.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rise Loses Steam After Fed Comments

Bitcoin (BTC) pulled back midway through the New York trading day after the Fed signaled higher rates. Price indicators, however, are positive over the short-term as altcoins take the lead.

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Bitcoin drifts into weekly close while Fed rate hike looms as next major BTC price trigger

The Fed‘s decision on interest rates is due Wednesday — and everyone in Bitcoin is talking about it.

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Bitcoin Spikes as Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged

The hawkish Fed decision has made Bitcoin jump to an intraday high

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The Fed Taper, CPI And Bitcoin

This episode of "Fed Watch" covered the global macroeconomic latest, Fed taper and, of course, Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Turns Positive as Fed Keeps Rates Near Zero

Bitcoin has rallied over four percent after the Fed signaled that its easy policy wouldn't change anytime soon

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Bitcoin Led Stock Rally on “No Limit” Fed Comment

Stocks have gone very green today. Footsie up 3.8%, Dow has just began trading and is up 3.4%, oil is nearing a high since it collapsed, while gold is down.... The post Bitcoin Led Stock Rally on “No Limit” Fed Comment appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Bitcoin Trades Flat Even as Fed Signals Inflation-Boosting Balance Increase

The Fed Reserve's decision to expand its balance sheet is seen as a long-term positive for bitcoin, but prices are yet to feel any effect.

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Did US FED Repo Transactions Cause Bitcoin Price Crash?

Whenever Bitcoin prices fall off the cliff industry observers scramble to find a reason beyond the technical indicators. Something fundamental must have caused the crash and one industry executive has fingered the FED’s recent market meddling.

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Why Trump’s Controversial Fed Pick is Massively Bullish for Bitcoin

By CCN. com: Donald Trump might frequently complain about the Federal Reserve and Jerome Powell, but until now no one cared. His latest move to recommend Stephen Moore for a seat on the Fed’s board is potentially explosive, with ripple effects that could hit the global monetary system hard.

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The Fed’s Low Interest Rates and QE Have Created a Dependent Generation

On March 20, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously decided to keep federal interest rates unchanged. Critics believe that the central bank’s policy of near-zero interest rates and quantitative easing (QE) has corrupted the U.

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BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Predicts $10,000 BTC in 2019

In the most recent issue of the BitMEX newsletter, CEO Arthur Hayes predicts that the $10,000 Bitcoin will return this year. Hayes ties federal reserve inflation rates to the last bull run in Bitcoin, and thinks the Fed’s recent decision to halt interest rate hikes will predicate the next one.

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Bitcoin Would Survive Recession, But Ethereum Might Crater: Tech VC

Bitcoin would survive a recession, while Ethereum would suffer and Ripple’s XRP would remain unaffected. That’s the prediction of Kyle Chapman, a partner with tech venture capital firm Cosimo Ventures.

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Max Keiser: Fed’s ‘Permanent QE’ Flipped Bitcoin Price Bullish (Interview)

Max Keiser shares his thoughts with Bitcoinist on JPM Coin, Warren Buffet’s anti-Bitcoin comments, and what ‘permanent QE’ means for BTC price in the future. Max Keiser: JPM Coin a ‘Hot Steaming Pile of Dog Crap’ Bitcoinist: Are your surprised that JPMorgan revealed its JPM Coin after bashing Bitcoin for years? Max Keiser: JP Morgan is years behind and may never catch up in the cryptocurrency space.

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Federal Reserve Bank Stands Prepared to Study ‘Collapse of the Bitcoin Market’

When the Federal Reserve conducts stress tests to measure risk in the U. S. financial markets, it may study “extraordinary” events like a “collapse in the Bitcoin market. ” Indeed, the U.

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US Fed Considers Including BTC Market Crash as ‘Salient Risk’ for Stress Tests

The U.S. Federal Reserve is considering the inclusion of the Bitcoin market collapse as one of the “salient risks” to be taken into account for its supervisory stress tests

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Inflation Objective of 2% is Subjective, Crypto Has Store of Value Uses

The chairman of the U. S. Federal Reserve (FED), Jerome Powell, answered some questions regarding regulations, inflation in the US, Bitcoin (BTC) and more. Rep. Warren Davidson from Ohio, started by asking Powell whether he believes regulatory clarity in the space could foster innovation in the cryptocurrency market.

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Bitcoin Expert Eviscerates US Treasury’s ‘Fascist’ Crypto Blacklist

In a discussion about the US Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control’s addition of cryptocurrency addresses to the “no pay list,” Bitcoin speaker and celebrity Andreas Antonopoulos called the move “completely useless” and “fundamentally fascist.

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Fed Chair Concerned About $22 Trillion US Debt, is Bitcoin a Viable Alternative?

The US national debt now stands at $21. 974 trillion, a 10% increase since President Donald Trump took over the oval office. And Bitcoin may be the needle people need to pop the debt bubble. Fed Chair Jerome Powell, talking about the $22 trillion US debt: "I'm very worried about it, but from the Fed's standpoint.

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Why Many Believe Fed Rate and Dow Jones Rebound Could Fuel Bitcoin in Long-Term

Just like common Joes and Jills, politicians, economists, and bigwigs in the upper echelons of society are subject to whims. This was only accentuated on Wednesday, as the world’s most powerful economic body revealed that it would be taking a step in a new direction, pushing gold and stocks much higher.

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Why a Global Recession Would Be Good for Bitcoin

Macro trends suggest that a global economic crisis could be looming. Worries about a global recession have been fed by the newly published GDP report showing that China grew at its slowest rate last year since 1990.

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Living on Bitcoin Day 3: Brother, Can You Take a Sat?

This is the third instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 and on Day 2.

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St Louis Fed Explains Why Bitcoin Price ‘Not Likely to Fall to Zero’

The Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis has published an examination of the long-term prospects for bitcoin price. It considers both the bullish and bearish cases of ‘moon’ and ‘doom’, and unsurprisingly comes down somewhere between the two.

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Issuance Of Crypto Assets Will Push Bitcoin Lower, Claims St. Louis FED

For nearly a decade, save for early-2018, Bitcoin (BTC) has ruled the crypto market with an iron fist — dominating its altcoin brethren. Yet, as blockchain technologies propagate, with tokens becoming more common and present than ever, analysts have claimed Bitcoin’s mostly-unquestioned hegemony will begin to come under fire.

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PR: Fomo2Moon – A Blockchain Lottery for Everyone

Tired of blockchain projects that hoard your money without delivery? Fed up with the infinitesimal winning chance of traditional lotteries? What if there’s a Lottery even you can win? Not just chances, but also predictable income.

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US Federal Reserve Branch of St. Louis Says Altcoin Market is Slowing Bitcoin’s Price Increase

According to the St. Louis Fed, altcoins are harming Bitcoin’s price and its market dominance. In a recent report released by David Andolfatto and Andrew Spewak, they mention that altcoins could harm Bitcoin’s future growth.

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U.S. Federal Reserve Doesn’t Like the Idea of a Government Cryptocurrency

The Federal Reserve Board governor is still not fond of the idea of central bank digital currencies, despite the fact that the reserve is equipped to issue one. The Fed Says No to CBDCs It’s been a year since bitcoin’s price exploded and launched cryptocurrencies into the mainstream, which pushed many to believe that the […] The post U.

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Say No More About FedCoin, US Federal Reserve Has No Interest in National Crypto Anymore

The Federal Reserve of the United States, known commonly as Fed, has lost its interest in the idea of national cryptocurrencies. With the value of Bitcoin skyrocketing last year, blockchain seemed like the future, but it was actually a lot more hype than anything else, so now the Fed is abandoning the idea of the […]

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Ron Paul: Abolish the Federal Reserve, Embrace Bitcoin

Former US congressman, Ron Paul, has been bashing the Federal Reserve again after it raised interest rates a quarter of a point. The renowned Bitcoin fan, called for the Fed’s abolition, saying that the free market should dictate interest rates.

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Bitcoin Proponent Ron Paul: ‘Tax free Bitcoin and crypto will prevent next Fed-created recession’

Going by the recent development in the US banking sector, that has seen the US Fed Reserve, the central bank of US raise interest rate the fourth time in 2018, which many believe could lead to a recession in the US and a global recession by 2019, former IMF economist, who also was a former […] The post Bitcoin Proponent Ron Paul: ‘Tax free Bitcoin and crypto will prevent next Fed-created recession’ appeared first on ZyCrypto.

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How Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto Stands to Benefit from the Fed Rate Increase

A few hours ago, the United States Federal Reserve increased its interest rate by a quarter of a point from 2. 25% to 2. 5%. Such an increase might seem small, but the move is the fourth increase this year and the ninth since it started normalizing lending rates in 2015.

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Former Congressman Ron Paul Accuses U.S. Fed of Manipulation; Urges Cryptocurrency Detaxation

Former presidential candidate Ron Paul published an article titled “Trump Is Right, the Fed Is Crazy” in November 2018, pointing out for the immediate detaxation of cryptocurrencies and precious metals in the United States.

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The Giant Bitcoin Rat Is Back And This Time It’s After Alan Greenspan

The artist behind a giant, inflatable, rat-shaped piece of protest art dedicated to bitcoin is at it again – this time at the DC Fed.

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Roger Ver And Brian Armstrong Chip In On How To Feed Chickens Using Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

How To Feed Chickens Using Bitcoin Cash Coinbase co-founder, Brian Armstrong, recently caused a stir on Twitter when he posted that he fed chickens using cryptocurrencies. Indeed, a recent live stream aired on Twitch demonstrated how Bitcoin Cash users can feed chicken using zero-confirmation transactions. So far, the video has had over 11,000 views. This […]

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10th Anniversary of Bitcoin: How Celebrities Have Celebrated It

By its 10th anniversary, bitcoin came in good health. The best gift was its growth of more than 2 percent, which immediately pushed the alts. Bitcoin has once again shown that it weather the crypto market.

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